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FDR: “The principal lesson of the war up to the present time is that partial defense is inadequate defense.”

On the recordJuly 9, 1940
The principal lesson of the war up to the present time is that partial defense is inadequate defense.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress on Appropriations for National Defense

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